transcriptionist
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6.3
- noun
- /trænˈskrɪpʃənɪst/
- Specialized
:
transcriptor
- Back in July, I found out that my neighbor was losing her stay-at-home job as a medical transcriptionist. Since then, I have had a lot of replies to my blog about it.
- a medical transcriptionist
Examples
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They have other transcriptionists in Long.
Blog text (17) -
Although I work in a medical office as a transcriptionist, I am not a doctor.
Blog text (20) -
I had a part-time job in college as a transcriptionist.
Blog text (3) -
One of the transcriptionists moved from New York City to Ohio.
Blog text (17) -
That is, focus group discussions were tape-recorded and then transcribed by a professional transcriptionist.
Academic text (2002) -
Lynne Hackaday has the exact same job as a medical transcriptionist that she's held for years.
Blog text (5) -
The interviews were later transcribed verbatim by a professional transcriptionist and analyzed by two members of the research team.
Academic text (2012) -
This is not a flow that appeals to anyone but those that don't understand the consequences of firing low-cost transcriptionists and then overburdening high-value clinicians.
Blog text (24) -
As a transcriptionist, she converts doctors' notes into typed documents every day.
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The busy transcriptionist spent hours typing out the recorded interviews for the research project.
Synonyms
16
6.9
A person who writes down spoken words quickly, for example in court
1
6.0
A person who writes down or types what people say
1
9.9
A person who writes down what someone else says
A person who writes or types what someone says quickly using short signs
A person who types spoken words very quickly for court or official records
How Skilled
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6.0
- Specialized
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6.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
transcriptionist = transcription (transparent) = transcription + ist
Derived by straightforward suffixation from 'transcription' so the occupational meaning 'person who transcribes speech or handwriting' is predictable.
Etymology
Transcriptionist comes from the parts trans- 'across' and scribere 'to write', which you can see in words like transcript and script. A transcriptionist listens to speech or handwriting and 'writes it across' into typed or digital text, so the word means someone who converts words into written form.